For suffrage awareness; the ‘Lokshahi Diwali’ competition.
A unique initiative of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
Pune: Chief Electoral Officer Shrikant Deshpande has informed that the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has organized a ‘Democratic Diwali’ contest in the month of November to justify Diwali. Photos and videos of the subjects selected under the competition. Will be accepted online until November 15th.
The Election Commission of India has announced a special brief revision program for the period 1 to 30 November 2021 for updating the electoral rolls and registering new voters on the eligibility date of 1 January 2022. Accordingly, the draft voter list will be announced on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer’s Office https://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/ as well as in the voter registration offices. Under this program, citizens aged 18 years and above will be able to register their names in the electoral roll on January 1, 2022.
In Maharashtra, skylights ( Akashdiva) are lit at home and rangoli is made during Diwali. Chief Electoral Officer Shrikant Deshpande has appealed to celebrate this year’s Diwali democratically through the same lanterns and rangoli. For this, a competition will be organized with the concept of ‘First Step of Competent Democracy – Voter Registration’. Citizens should be appealed to register their names in the electoral roll while making sky lanterns ( Akashdiva) and making rangoli through the competition.
Akashdiva and Rangoli should use various symbols related to democracy, elections, voting. Use the inked finger on the left-hand thumb, polling station, ballot paper, EVM machine. Moreover voter registration; Name omission; Also, voters should check in the voter list that their details like name, address, date of birth, age, gender, voter identity card etc. are correct; Attractive slogans should be used to appeal to the voters to correct the wrong details. The message should be given to make sure that your name is on the voter list.
The competition is open to all and contestants should submit their competition materials by November 15 at https://forms.gle/hHf11MvySTVUmccZ6. The first prize of Rs. 11,000 each, second prize of Rs. 7,000 and third prize of Rs. 5,000 each for Akash Diva and Rangoli competitions; Ten incentive prizes of Rs 1,000 each have been set aside. For more information about the competition, call 8669058325 on WhatsApp. More information about the contest and the special brief revision program can be found on the website of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. Chief Electoral Officer Shrikant Deshpande has appealed to more contestants to participate in the competition and make this year’s Diwali democratic.
The contestant can take part in one or both of the Akash Diva and Rangoli competitions. Competitors participating in both competitions should submit their materials to a separate section as mentioned in the Google application.
Skylight (Sky Lantern) Competition
Eco-friendly materials should be used to make skylights. Send three photographs of JPG format with a maximum size of 5 MB taken from different angles of the skylight prepared on the topics of democracy, voter registration, suffrage. No one’s name, logo, picture, frame, design, etc. should be added to the photograph.
A minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of one minute of audio recordings should be sent for the full view of the hanging skylights. The video size should be up to a maximum of 300 MB and in MP4 format. No one’s name, logo, picture, frame, design, etc. should be added to the video. It is possible to record the sound while describing the decoration while shooting.
Rangoli competition
A maximum of 5 MB size and three JPG format photographs of Rangoli should be sent from different angles. No one’s name, logo, picture, frame, design, etc. should be added to the photograph.
Photos and videos for both competitions should be sent to https://forms.gle/hHf11MvySTVUmccZ6 by filling out the information on the Google application. If slogans are used in Akash Diva and Rangoli, then those slogans should also be sent in written form in Google application.
Certificates will be given to all contestants who submit materials related to democracy, voter registration, suffrage. Also, the winners will be given certificates and badges. If someone else claims ownership of the material submitted by the contestant, it will be the responsibility of the contestant to verify it.
The best material of the competition will be disseminated on the social media of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer. The materials of Akashdiva contestants will be disseminated in the events of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer. So the best skylight contestants should keep their materials. The office will also contact competitors separately, he added
